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1 Where in Surrey is the Royal Horticultural Society’s garden?
A Wisley (interestingly, there’s also one at Harlow Carr near Harrogate in North Yorks)
2 ‘Newt lizards’ is an anagram of which European country?
A Switzerland
3 What is the name of the group of school children lead by Danny in the Beano?
A The Bash Street Kids – It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955.
4 Who was the Government’s Chief Whip that resigned in October 2012 over the so-called ‘Plebgate’ affair?
A Andrew Mitchell
5 Which motorcycle company produced models that included Bonneville and Thunderbird?
A Triumph (Engineering Co Ltd) (Triumph licensed Ford Motors to use the name Thunderbird for a car model)
6 What numerical designation is Boeing’s Dreamliner aeroplane?
A 787
7 Which word common in English derives from an ancient Greek word meaning ‘the area in front of the stage reserved for the chorus’?
A Orchestra
8 Which of the world’s religions did Guru Nanak found in the fifteenth century?
A Sikhism – The Sikh religion is one of the youngest world religions and was founded more than 500 years ago (1469) in Punjab, North India, by Guru Nanak Dev Ji, in response to a spiritual revelation.
9 Who was the MI6 spy sentenced for 42-years in 1961, but escaped from prison in 1966 and fled to the USSR?
A George Blake – He escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in London in 1966, five years into his sentence.
10 From which language do we get the word ‘ghetto’?
A Italian – the word comes from the Italian dialect form ghèto, meaning “foundry.”